siu2 sik6少食
Jyutpingsiu2 sik6
Yalesíu sihk
Definition
To eat less.
colloquialfoodhealth
How it's used
Often used as a piece of advice or a health-related instruction. It functions as a verb phrase where the focus is on reducing the quantity of food intake rather than the act of eating itself.
Examples
The doctor told me to eat less sugar usually.
Are you eating less because you want to lose weight?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 唔食 which means to not eat at all. 少食 implies a reduction in portion or frequency, not total abstinence.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
